The Dodo Archive

A Remarkably Sad Map Of Lion Country -- Then And Now

This map represents the change in area from lions' historic distribution compared with their present day distribution and brings a startling fact into focus -- lion habitat is shrinking by shocking proportions. Dug up by Michael Graham Richard over at Treehugger, the map parallels the habitat of many endangered species.

As Richard points out, lions have been classified as vulnerable since 1996 by the IUCN Red List. The species is now down to about 33,000 individuals in the wild -- compared with 400,000 in 1950, thanks to habitat loss, hunting and disease.

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